Ralph Menzies spent 36 years on Utah’s death row. He died last year after his execution was stopped over competency concerns. Now a lawmaker says the system is broken — and she wants to speed it up.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences ...

A US federal judge on Wednesday temporarily halted a plan by President Donald Trump's administration to move 20 former federal death row prisoners to the country’s most restrictive correctional ...

A judge ruled that the Trump administration’s plan to send the men to the nation’s harshest prison rendered their attempts to challenge the transfer a “sham” process.

The House Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Committee heard House Bill 495 that would accelerate appeals processes for capital cases. Attorneys who work on such cases expressed alarm.

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From meals to showers to visitors, this is what life is like on Florida's death row for convicted killer Wade Wilson.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before their tragic deaths, Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were in regular contact with inmate Nanon Williams. Williams ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Former death row inmate Elwood Jones is taking the first step toward filing a civil lawsuit against the state of Ohio after his murder conviction was overturned and then ...